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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELEAZER HOOVER AND JOHN F. WINANS, OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI.

FEED-STEAM ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370,787,- dated October4. 1887.

Application filed June 24, 1,886. Serial No. 206,162. (Model.)

T all whom it may'concern:

Be it known that we, ELEAZER HOOVER and JOHN F.WINANs,citizens of theUnited States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Greene andState of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFeed-Steamers; and we do hereby declare the following` to bea full,clear,.and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

Our invention is an improvement in feed- Steamers, the object of whichis to provide a cheap, simple, durable, and convenient device forsteaming grain or any desired substance.- These objects we attain bymeans of the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, formingapart of this specitication,in which- Figure l is a front elevation ofthe device; Fig. 2, a longitudinal vertical sectional view.

The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding partsin both gures.

' of a large tube, b2.'

A is an ordinary vessel of any desired size and shape, preferably a kegplaced upon a frame and resting upon one end.

E isa tube,oneend,e3,of which enters the keg or vessel near its bottom.Said tube has an elbow or is bent at e, and the upper end is providedwith a funnel-shaped top, e2, which is placed near the top of the vesselfor pouring in water when necessary. Keg A is also provided with asuitable hose, F, which 'enters the top of the keg, and is to dischargethesteam or carry it to any desired place where it may be wanted forheating. Said hose Fis provided with a suitable nozzle.

Keg A is connected near its bottom with a receiving and dischargingtube, B, consisting Tube b extends farther into keg A than tube b2, andis bent or turned np at its inner end, b*, so as not to interfere withthe cold-Water passage b3, and is for the purpose of conveying the steamfrom heatingboiler C to keg A. Tube b2 is for the purpose of conveyingthe cold water from keg A into the heatingboiler C. BoilerO is madedouble, forming a waterjacket surrounding the rechamber. Boiler C isalso provided with small holes c c2, opening from the boiler into thefurnace D. .One hole is placed near the top of the boiler and the othernear the bottom of it.

These holes are covered with a plate secured' with easily-fused solder,so that if the water should get low the solder, after the water gotbelowr the holes, would melt, and the water and steam'would then ow intothe furnace and extinguish the fire.

yThus we have a device the keg or vessel A of which has butone hole forthe receiving and discharging tubes, and one which is pro-V vided with asupply-tube, E, so that water may be put in at any time withoutpermitting the steam to escape, and also a device from which the hotWater may be drawn oft' by tipping the tube E to one side. Said tubealso serves as a safety-vent to prevent too great an amount of pressureby the steam in the keg.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with afurnace, D, and boiler C, of a vessel, A,connected with said tube, B, a funnel and elbow shaped supplytube, E,and steam -hose F, substantially as vand for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of `a water-receptacle, A, provided with a. watersupply and discharge tube, E, with a receiving and discharging tube, B,composed of a cold-water-supply tube, b2, containing a bent longer andsmall steam-tube, b, a boiler, C, and furnace D, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the furnace D, of a boiler, O, having holes cc2, covered with plates soldered thereon,a double receiving anddischarging tube, B, vessel A,with steam-hose F, and water-supply tubeE, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

-ELEAZER HOOVER. JOHN F. WINANS. Witnesses:

S. A. HAsELTINE, S. C. HAsEL'rINE.

